Forecasting Oracle Performance

This book will assist DBAs with forecasting future performance of new and existing database systems. It shows how to create a model of a database system. Different types of models are introduced: mathematical, simulation, and benchmark.

Craig Shallahamer's Forecasting Oracle Performance is the first, Oracle-specific book to provide database administrators with help in forecasting future performance of new and existing database systems. Most (if not all) Oracle performance optimization books on the market today focus on troubleshooting acute problems such as a poorly performing report. The other side of the coin however, lies in forecasting: Will the current hardware last the year? What happens when we merge the employees from a newly acquired company? Will the current system keep up with the demands of a new application? These are strategic questions that database administrators are expected to answer. Until now, there has been no book to help them.

The first forecasting book specific to Oracle Written by Craig Shallahamer, noted Oracle capacity-planning expert Meshes well with the latest performance optimization trends in the Oracle community

Autorentext
Craig Shallahamer has over 18 years of experience working in Oracle, empowering others to maximize their Oracle investment, efficiencies, and performance. In addition to being a consultant, researcher, writer, and keynote speaker at Oracle conferences, he is the designer and developer of OraPub's Advanced Reactive Performance Management and Forecasting Oracle Performance classes. He is also the architect of HoriZone, OraPub's service-level management product.

Klappentext

Forecasting Oracle Performance is the first Oracle-specific book to assist DBAs with forecasting future performance of new and existing database systems. It shows you how to create a model of a database system. Different types of models are introduced: mathematical, simulation, and benchmark. You'll learn how to create the right model for the risks you seek to mitigate and how to validate your model. Then you'll discover how to interpret results in the form of a forecast. In total, this book gives you everything you need to confidently work with business management in preparing for the future of your systems.

Inhalt
to Performance Forecasting.- Essential Performance Forecasting.- Increasing Forecast Precision.- Basic Forecasting Statistics.- Practical Queuing Theory.- Methodically Forecasting Performance.- Characterizing the Workload.- Ratio Modeling.- Linear Regression Modeling.- Scalability.